University of Tampa - Moroccan Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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oOjg o: no j Many students chose to pay their tuition early so they could relax around the pool instead of going through registration. Alter seltng most of his books back at the end o( the fal semester, this student goes to spend the money on lunch. The UT Campus Store is the place where students stand in Ine at the beginning of the semester to pay for bod and stand in line at the end of the semester top get money back tor books. Twenty-sue

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Rosidents odded tinol touches to the wo'ls by cdcSng posters and the Ike to moke it feel more ike nomo. I came here to UT after attending Florida Col- lege. It was quite a different type of atmo- sphere for me. Genie DelPezzo The girts in Srrvley Hdl moke the ’ rooms more kvely by adding touches like stuffed anima s and posters on the butetln boards. Twenty five

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Book Buying Blues By Kristy L. Strickland The most dreaded event of the year was returning to campus to get ready for the new semester classes only to find that your books for British History alone would be well over $75. The rising cost of books, and the rising numbers of books required for each class left a big hole in students' wallets. Many students spent well over $200 per semester for books alone. After supplies were bought, this totaled $250. The key was to come in as soon as you new what your classes were so you could have your choice of all the used books. Most people did not like the used books with lots of marks and highlighted pas- sages in them, but sometimes it was worth it to find a used book that was in good condition and pay less for it. Unfor- tunately, the texts were always being updated and often times the class hadn't been taught in several years, and as a result no used texts were available. Selling books back at the end of the semester was also a rather enormous task. Students stood in line outside of the Campus Store in order to sell al their books from the semester back for some- where around $15. if they were lucky. Many of the books had no resale value, so it came down to one question - Do you add the books to your library, or do you burn them? The Campus Store was centrally locat- ed so that it was very convenient to run in at various times to pick up supplies for classes at the last minute. They have an extremely well stocked selection of school apparel and souvenirs such as mugs, sweatshirts, and trash cans for stu- dents and parents to choose from. The Campus Store is also the favorite place for members of Greek organiza- tions. The store stocks things such as sta- tionery, socks, keychains, and shot glass- es with the various Greek letters and sym- bols on them. Other popular places fcr obtaining these types of items included Greek Unique. Another fun activity to attend at the start of each semester was registration. This was always held the day before classes began, and took place in Fletch- er Lounge. At many schools, registration was the worst of all disasters, but this was because they had to fight their way into classes at this time. At UT, students got a place in the class during pre-enrollment which was held separately. As a result, when a student went through on-cam- pus registration, al they had to do was pay their bil s and pick up their pink forms with their classes outlined. In fact, if students paid their bills ahead of time, they didn't even have to go through registration. Their pink slip would come to them through their post office box and they would already be regis- tered. This was how UT kept the registra- tion lines down to a minimum. Overall, these two items, registration and book buying, were just one of those things to get through so that you could go on and enjoy the semester, g Registration and book buying were just those things you had to get through ... then you could enjoy the semester.” Twenty-seven